Kildare South, Labour Senator Mark Wall has urged the public in Laois, Offaly and Kildare to heed the measures regarding the localised restrictions announced by Government today following a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the three counties. Over 292 cases of Covid-19 have arisen in Laois, Offaly and Kildare in the last…

  A winter of hell awaits unless action is taken on wait times at Emergency Departments according to Labour Leader and Health Spokesperson Alan Kelly who was speaking after receiving a reply to a Parliamentary Question outlining the amount of time persons are waiting in emergency departments by number of hours.   Deputy Kelly said: …

-Minister must establish a working group Urgent action including the established of a working group to investigate the industry needs to be taken to protect workers at meat factories according to Duncan Smith, Labour Representative on the Oireachtas Covid-19 Response Committee.    Deputy Smith was commenting after it was revealed that four food processing plants…

Labour Senator and Party spokesperson on Children, Disability Equality & Integration Ivana Bacik has welcomed the publication of the review of the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences in Ireland, also known as the O’Malley Report, and has called for its urgent implementation. Senator Bacik said: “The O’Malley Report was commissioned to consider how best…

The Minister for Housing needs to suspend the co-living guidelines while his department are conducting their review according to Labour Housing Spokesperson, Senator Rebecca Moynihan. Moynihan was speaking after another application was lodged with An Bord Pleanála for a 201 bed shared living space on the former Kenilworth Motors site at Harold’s Cross. Senator Moynihan…

The Minister for Health needs to get to grips with the crisis in non-Covid healthcare according to Labour Leader and Health Spokesperson, Alan Kelly. Deputy Kelly was speaking after a Department of Health briefing document releases under Freedom of Information revealed the true state of the health system post Covid including massive backlogs for basic…

An urgent targeted response is required for vulnerable populations, according to Labour Spokesperson on Equality and Integration, Senator Ivana Bacik. Senator Bacik was speaking after the publication of NPHET advice showing the emergence of several Covid-19 clusters in a number of places, including Direct Provision centres, amongst the Traveller community and in meat factories. Senator Bacik said: “It…

– Department needs to look at approval process The increase in discretionary funding for social housing projects from €2m to €6m has been welcomed by Labour Housing Spokesperson, Senator Rebecca Moynihan. Moynihan said that the Department needs to look at streamlining the approval process further and to increase funding for community facilities to support local…